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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> "J" Cartouche along with JSA 1901 http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1476324792 Message started by CDY on Oct 13^th, 2016 at 2:13am

Title: Re: "J" Cartouche along with JSA 1901
Post by Dick Hosmer on Oct 13^th, 2016 at 3:19am

Junker? Made in Japan? Captured by Jose at San Juan?

Sorry, just couldn't resist!!!! Welcome!!!

One thing is pretty clear - it was almost certainly not applied at the Armory. Beyond that it could be almost anything that might have meant something to someone for some reason at some time in the last 120 years. A more common marking at that spot is a pair of large capital letters (HH and JJ known) next to a small Ordnance Dept. seal. No real data on that either.